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Municipalities that have called for a Moratorium on Executions

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Total # of Municipalities: 152
Total Population of all Municipalities: 28,964,007

MunicipalityPopulation
1.Town of Akron (AL)521
2.County of Alameda (CA)1,443,741
3.City of Albany (NY)95,658
4.County of Albany (NY)294,007
5.City of Asheville (NC)68,294
6.City of Atlanta (GA)403,819
7.Town of Aulander (NC)888
8.City of Baltimore (MD)645,593
9.City of Berkeley (CA)108,101
10.County of Bertie (NC)19,773
11.City of Bessemer (AL)29,672
12.City of Birmingham (AL)242,820
13.City of Blacksburg (VA)34,458
14.Town of Boligee (AL)369
15.Town of Bolton (NC)494
16.City of Brighton (AL)3,640
17.Town of Brookline (MA)56,570
18.City of Buffalo (NY)300,717
19.County of Bullock (AL)11,714
20.County of Butler (AL)20,766
21.City of Cambridge (MA)92,942
22.City of Camden (NJ)82,402
23.Town of Camp Hill (AL)1,273
24.City of Carrboro (NC)15,437
25.City of Cary (NC)91,000
26.City of Chapel Hill (NC)44,015
27.City of Charlotte (NC)521,478
28.City of Charlottesville (VA)38,223
29.County of Chatham (NC)51,645
30.Town of Chesilhurst (NJ)1,518
31.City of Cincinnati (OH)331,285
32.Town of Clayton (AL)26,726
33.City of Cofield (NC)395
34.City of Colony (AL)385
35.Town of Columbia (NC)825
36.City of Creedmoor (NC)2,664
37.Town of Creswell (NC)278
38.City of Davidson (NC)5,000
39.City of Dayton (OH)166,179
40.City of Detroit (MI)970,196
41.Town of Dobbins Heights (NC)1,144
42.Town of Dover (NC)443
43.City of Durham (NC)163,273
44.County of Durham (NC)227,034
45.City of East Palo Alto (CA)29,506
46.County of El Paso (TX)721,598
47.Town of Emelle (AL)30
48.City of Epes (AL)206
49.City of Erie (PA)102,640
50.City of Eutaw (AL)1,878
51.City of Fairfield (AL)12,381
52.City of Fayetteville (NC)125,000
53.Town of Five Points (AL)146
54.Town of Forkland (AL)629
55.Town of Gainesville (AL)220
56.Town of Garysburg (NC)1,254
57.Town of Geiger (AL)154
58.Borough of Gettysburg (PA)7,589
59.Town of Gordonville (AL)318
60.Town of Greenburgh (NY)83,816
61.County of Greene (AL)9,974
62.Town of Greenevers (NC)560
63.City of Greensboro (NC)205,280
64.County of Guilford (NC)424,000
65.City of Harrisburg (PA)49,502
66.City of Hartford (CT)130,073
67.Town of Hayneville (AL)1,177
68.City of Hays (TX)315
69.City of Highland Park (NJ)13,194
70.City of Hillsborough (NC)4,980
71.City of Hobson (AL)828
72.City of Hurtsboro (AL)592
73.Town of Jamesville (NC)500
74.City of La Fayette (AL)3,234
75.City of Leighton (AL)414
76.Town of Leverett (MA)2,005
MunicipalityPopulation
77.Town of Lewiston Woodville (NC)613
78.City of Lexington (VA)7,359
79.City of Lincoln (NE)215,928
80.Town of Lisman (AL)615
81.County of Lowndes (AL)13,473
82.County of Macon (AL)24,105
83.City of Macon (GA)97,255
84.County of Marin (CA)247,289
85.City of Menlo Park (CA)30,693
86.Town of Midway (AL)457
87.County of Montgomery (MD)816,999
88.Town of Mosses (AL)1,101
89.City of Mount Vernon (NY)8,483
90.City of Mt. Rainier (MD)68,381
91.City & County of Nashville-Davidson (TN)569,891
92.Town of New Castle (NY)17,491
93.City of New Haven (CT)123,189
94.Village of New Paltz (NY)6,034
95.City of New York (NY)8,008,278
96.Town of Norlina (NC)1,107
97.City of North Courtland (AL)973
98.Town of Northwest (NC)671
99.Town of Oak City (NC)339
100.City of Oakland (CA)365,874
101.City of Oberlin (OH)8,195
102.County of Orange (NC)109,288
103.City of Palo Alto (CA)58,598
104.Town of Parmele (NC)282
105.City of Philadelphia (PA)1,436,287
106.City of Pittsburgh (PA)340,520
107.Town of Plymouth (NC)4,103
108.Town of Portola Valley (CA)4,462
109.City of Prichard (AL)28,633
110.County of Prince George (MD)773,810
111.Borough of Princeton (NJ)11,916
112.Town of Princeville (NC)1,700
113.City of Ridgeville (AL)158
114.City of Rochester (NY)216,887
115.Town of Roper (NC)670
116.Borough of Rouseville (PA)583
117.Town of Roxobel (NC)263
118.City of Salinas (CA)151,060
119.City & County of San Francisco (CA)745,774
120.County of San Mateo (CA)699,216
121.County of San Miguel (CO)5,982
122.County of Santa Clara (CA)1,682,585
123.City of Santa Cruz (CA)52,853
124.City of Santa Fe (NM)62,514
125.City of Santa Monica (CA)84,084
126.City of Sebastopol (CA)7,750
127.City of Selma (AL)20,512
128.County of Shelby (TN)911,438
129.Borough of Shippensburg (PA)5,633
130.Town of Sommers Point (NJ)11,614
131.City of St. Louis (MO)344,362
132.County of Sumter (AL)14,789
133.City of Syracuse (NY)147,306
134.City of Takoma Park (MD)18,238
135.City of Tallahassee (FL)150,624
136.Town of Taylortown (NC)845
137.Town of Thomasville (NC)19,296
138.County of Travis (TX)812,280
139.Town of Triana (AL)473
140.City of Tucson (AZ)460,466
141.City of Tuskegee (AL)11,846
142.City of Union Springs (AL)3,670
143.City of Uniontown (AL)1,636
144.City of West Hollywood (CA)35,716
145.Town of White Hall (AL)1,014
146.County of Wilcox (AL)37,183
147.City of Wilmington (DE)72,000
148.Town of Winfall (NC)554
149.City of Winston-Salem (NC)170,000
150.Town of Yellow Bluff (AL)181
151.Village of Yellow Springs (OH)4,000
152.City of York (PA)42,192

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